Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company Work Agreements, Regulations, Wage Book and Book of Rules

Collection Number: 5174m

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

This collection was processed with the help of generous funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company Work Agreements, Regulations, Wage Book and Book of Rules, 1894-1913
Collection Number:
5174m
Creator:
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company
Quantity:
1 file folder.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents).
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Work Agreements, Regulations, Wage Book and Book of Rules from Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company.
Language:
Collection material in English


ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company [WLE] was a railroad that operated primarily in Ohio from 1871 to 1988. The railroad was designed to connect the coal fields around Wheeling, West Virginia with port cities on Lake Erie. In 1948, the WLE was leased to the Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad). In 1988, the WLE was merged into Norfolk and Western Railway.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Inclusive date range: 1894 - 1913
Bulk date: 1894 - 1913
This collection is comprised of five pamphlets from the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company describing Work Agreements, Regulations, Wage Rates and Rules.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company.
Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway Company.
West Side Belt Railroad Company.

Subjects:
Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States.
Railroads -- United States.

Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)


INFORMATION FOR USERS

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Restrictions on Use:
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Cite As:
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company Work Agreements, Regulations, Wage Book and Book of Rules #5174m. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

Related Collections:
5550: Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company Offices of Vice-President & General Manager Representative Files
6039: Railroad Files

CONTAINER LIST

Container
Description
Date
Box 1 1894-1913
5 booklets
Box 1 Folder 0 1894
Format: Pamphlet
Published by Hadley & Hadley, Toledo, Ohio. 123 pages. Pamphlet signed out to J. E. Griswold, Agt., June 15, 1905.
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 0 1899
Format: Pamphlet
Published by Ward & Shaw, Cleveland, Ohio. 8 pages. Signed "R. J. Jones."
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 0 1899
Format: Pamphlet
Published by Ward & Shaw, Cleveland, Ohio. 8 pages.
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 0 1910
Format: Pamphlet
20 pages. Cover signed by "R. J. Jones."
Format: Pamphlet.
Box 1 Folder 0 1913
Format: Pamphlet
Award in arbitration between the Eastern Railroads and Order of Conductors and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Effective October 1, 1913. 34 pages. Signature "Ray Huntsinger" on cover page.
Format: Pamphlet.